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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions The Basics

Posted by Rungano Matonda
Rungano Matonda
3,237 Points

Regular expressions in Python Task 5 of 5

Hey guys...need help, don't know what's wrong here...I am getting "task 1 no longer passing"

basics.py 
import re

with open("basics.txt") as open_file:
  file_object = open_file
  data = file_object.read()
  file_object.close()

  first = re.match(r'Four', data)
print(first)

file_object =r.search(liberty)

2 Answers

Jeanette Brown
Jeanette Brown
20,485 Points
Jeanette Brown
Jeanette Brown
20,485 Points 
import re

file_object = open('basics.txt')

data = file_object.read()

file_object.close()

first = re.match(r'Four', data)

liberty = re.search(r'Liberty', data)
Andrei Fecioru
Andrei Fecioru
15,059 Points
Andrei Fecioru
Andrei Fecioru
15,059 Points

Hi,

Your last line just doesn't make much sense:

file_object =r.search(liberty)

There is no variable defined with the name r. Also there is no variable liberty either.

I am assuming that you are trying to search for the string "liberty" in the data you've just read from the file. in which case you may want to do something like:

file_object = re.search(r"liberty", data)

NOTE: I would rename the file_object variable to something else since the re.search function returns a reg-ex match object (not a file handler).

Hope this helps.

Rungano Matonda
Rungano Matonda
3,237 Points

Thanks but it still was not passing. After hours of headaches i realized that I had to put a capital letter "L" for liberty:(

Andrei Fecioru
Andrei Fecioru
15,059 Points

Yes, it is very difficult to debug Python code in workspaces. There's virtual no feedback or error messages which can guide you on the right path. Usually what I do is to copy/paste the code in a script file locally, and run it directly with the python interpreter on my machine.

Rungano Matonda
Rungano Matonda
3,237 Points

Oh okay...never thought of running on the python interpreter...we now do that, thanks mate:)